Huh? If you use the nouveau driver, you still can't get a screen as user?! Well, that likely rules out any problems with the nvidia driver.
OK, how about this. Start X, go to the console, run the xrandr command. You should have authority to connect to the X server, though you'll probably need to set the DISPLAY env (i.e export DISPLAY=:0.0). It'll be interesting to see what xrandr thinks is the active screen. Cheers, dave.k In the year 2013, of the month of September, on the 6th day, Will Hopper wrote: > Unfortunately that didn't do it. I tried an all new xorg.conf, deleted > nvidia-settings-rc, and starting x from terminal, but still the problem > persists. Sometimes in the terminal i see lots of messages like E: > SLEEPING. If I used the nouveau driver instead of nvidia, i can get to a > low-res desktop for the root user, but normal user account still has a dead > screen. > > > On Thu, Sep 5, 2013 at 10:21 PM, Dave <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Try deleting/renaming your ~/.nvidia-settings-rc file. I'm guessing that > > there's a config option in there which is causing your issues. > > > > Cheers, > > dave.k > > > > > > In the year 2013, of the month of September, on the 5th day, Will Hopper > > wrote: > > > Hi all, I have a fairly strange problem to report. Sorry in advance if > > this > > > not the right place for this, but I'm very confused. I tried to connect > > to > > > a projector today, and long story short, I could't use the nvidia 'twin > > > view' setting for my purposes, i had to use the nvidia-settings tool to > > > change xorg.conf and restart X to get my second display to work. > > > > > > Unfortunately, this didn't behave as expected, and I could only get the > > > projector display to show up, and the laptop screen was completely off, > > no > > > backlight or anything, off in the same way it goes off when the display > > > goes to sleep. > > > > > > I abandoned my attempts to get the projector to work, and when I > > restarted > > > my laptop, the display was behaving the same way, with the laptop screen > > > turning completely off. It works fine until after i log in (using lightdm > > > to log in and start e) but once I log in the display shuts down. I > > replaced > > > my xorg.conf file with a backed up version, but the problem persists. > > > > > > Even more curious, the enlightenment processes are indeed running > > > (enlightenment_start, enlightenment, and e_fm), and the Xorg log files > > > don't show anything obviously wrong. > > > > > > I suspect this is problem caused by something that nvidia-settings tool > > > changed, somehow disabling the display and looking for the second > > projector > > > display. But I can't use nvidia-settings without a desktop environment! > > If > > > anyone has any idea how to get my display back it would be much > > appreciated! > > > > > > - Will > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > > Learn the latest--Visual Studio 2012, SharePoint 2013, SQL 2012, more! > > > Discover the easy way to master current and previous Microsoft > > technologies > > > and advance your career. 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